Heel attachment for shoes



Oct. 2 1923.

F. MACCARQNE HEEL ATTACHMENT FOR SHOES Filed Jan. 4, 1923 IIYVENTOR.

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Application-filed January 4, 1923. Serial No. 610,636.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FIoRnNTINo MACCA- noNn, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Heel Attachments for Shoes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a heel attachment for shoes, and has for its purpose to provide a heel bracing device for ladies shoes, with a view to preventing the heel breaking away from the sole.

Various devices for this purpose have been 1 proposed and manufactured, and it is a particular object of this invention to afford a structure that can be manufactured and applied at a minimum cost, in addition to carrying out its purpose in a most eflicient way.

' A further purpose of my invention is to provide means that will effectually prevent a heel breaking away from the sole, and in such manner as not to weaken the' shoe in any other respects or lessen its wearing qualities.

Another purpose of the improvement is to provide a structure that can be readily incorporated in a shoe and which is thoroughly practical in every respect.

To these ends, the invention comprises the structure that will be clearly understood from the following description in conjunction with the accompanying drawing, the novel characteristics of the invention being pointed out in the claim following the description.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is sectional view, partially in elevation, of a shoe showing the application of the invention in its preferred embodiment;

Figure 2 is a plan view;

Figure 3 is a perspective View of the heel bracingmember, and

Figure 4 is a sectional view on the line H of Figure 1.

5 The invention may be carried out in a variety of ways, and in its preferred aspect in cludes a heel 1 and a sole 2 of usual formation, and arranged against the inner surface of the sole is ametallic arch stiffening plate 3 carried by the inner sole 4.

The heel bracing member is preferably made of metal of the general form appearin in Figures 1 and 3, and comprises a rear'enc l 5 having inwardly bent integral prongs for engagement with the heel and an opening 7 to receive a nail for attaching the plate to the heel. The bracing member is preferably narrow and somewhat elongated, and its forward end 8 extends from the outer surface of the sole forwardly and toward the inner surface of the sole through a narrow opening provided in the sole for the purpose. The opening in the sole is fashioned somewhat like a slot, and loosely receives the forward end of the bracing member which is permitted to contact with the metal stifienin plate 5 and have slight play against sai plate when the shoe is in action. This gives a certain amount of resiliency and flexibility to the shoe, while at the same time the heel is held with sufficient firmness to prevent its accidental displacement relatively to the sole.

In assembling the parts, the sole, with the upper and heel attached, is slotted in any convenient way to receive the forward end of the bracing member, which is inserted into said slot or opening in the sole, as indicated in Figure 1. The rear end of the bracing member is then attached to the breast of the heel, and in order to afford a smooth exterior surface on V the breast of the heel, the latter is preferably grooved or undercut to receive the body portion of the bracing member. The bracing member and heel are covered by the lower split portion 9 of the sole, as usual in this general type of shoe.

By slotting the sole, and arranging the forward end of the bracing member 1 loosely therein, as shown, I provide a very economical and practical method of securing the forward end of the bracing member, and such that the heel is securely held against accidental displacement. No rivets or nails are required at the forward end of the bracing member and there is no likelihood of the bracing member becoming disengaged from the sole. At the same time there is afforded suflicient play .or lost motion between the bracing member and the sole to impart a nice flexibility to the entire construction.

The details of the invention may be modified without departing from the fundamental novel characteristics, and it is intended to cover by this application any changes coming within the underlying spirit of the improvement or scope of the following claim.

I claim: 7 i

in a shoe, the combination With a heel and rear end curved downwardly and attached sole, of an arch stili'enlng plate located adto th breast of the heel and its forward end gacent the inner surface of the sole, said sole extending nto said openlng of the sole and 10 having a narrow opening extending from its contesting loosely with said stifie'ning plate.

outer surface forwardly to its inner surface In Witness whereof, I have hereunto to a polnt lnnnediately under said stifienlng signed my name. plate, and a heel bracing member having its FIURENTINO BKACCARONE. 

